That data recovery bill is going to cost them
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2026
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Why even give an agent unrestricted access to anything critical in the first place? What do they think they achieve that they cannot achieve otherwise?
The PocketOS boss puts greater blame on Railway’s architecture than on the deranged AI agent for the database’s irretrievable destruction.
Life must be so fucking stress-free when you are born rich and run a renting company.
He may be correct in that this has already happened previously to other companies so they were forewarned and took basically no steps to mitigate the chances or protect their backups.
The AI company bears some responsibility for the act because they programmed it. But the company using the tool also didn't take the precautions they should have taken.
AI is crap and companies shouldn't be so gung ho about it, because this and situations like it appear to be prone to happen if for no other reason. But any tool you don't respect will bite you eventually.
I was talking about how they don't even consider blaming themselves lmao.
Using most random & unreliable tools known to man was their decision after all.
But they can afford learning nothing I guess.
Holy cats!
Why was it anywhere near prod